Thursday, April 27, 2006

A Negotiation is a Negotiation, says Michael Wilson

In trying to explain where $1,000,000,000 stolen from Canada and redistributed to the American lumber lobby went, Ambassador Michael Wilson said that "A Negotiation is a Negotiation." Can anyone explain what that means? He sounds a bit like Chretien, doesn't he?

From a CTV news story dated Nov. 18, 2005 concerning statements Paul Martin made to Bush at the summit in Korea:

"...Ottawa broke off negotiations this summer after the U.S. refused to respect a NAFTA decision that found U.S. tariffs on Canadian softwood lumber to be in violation of the North American Free Trade Agreement.

Ottawa is insisting that the United States return at least $3.5 billion Cdn of some $5 billion in duties collected from Canadian lumber companies..."